Marking-tag



P. F. ELZI.

MARKING TAG.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1-. 1920.

Patented July 26, 1921.

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PETER FRANK ELZ I, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

MARKING-TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 1, 1920. Serial No. 362,440.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER FRANK ELZI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Marking-Tags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to marking tags for cattle, of the type permanently fastened to the ear of an animal by a member extending through a perforation thereof.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a tag of the above-described character which is very simple of construction and may be applied to the ear of an animal without tearing or injuring the flesh.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tag which consists of a single piece having every requirement for perforating the ear and for securing it in the perforation.

With the above and other objects in View all of which will fully appear in the course of the following description, my invention consists in the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevationof the tag in position between the jaws of a tool by which it is applied to the ear of an ani- Fig. 2, a section of the tag before it is fastened to the ear, drawn to an exaggerated scale;

Fig. 3, a similar View of the tag after it is applied to the ear;

Fig. 1, a top View of the tag shown in Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5, a section of the tag on the line 55, Fig. 2;

The tag consists of a U-shaped clip 5 of pliable metal, preferably aluminum, provided with a combined punch and rivet pin 6 set at right angles to one of its ends in integral connection therewith, and having at its opposite end a circular hole 7 arranged to admit the pin when the sides of the tag are pressed together.

The pin has in its end a socket 8 to receive the punched-out part of the ear to which the tag is applied, and its working or outer end is sharpened to provide a cutting edge 9; that is, said socket has an enlarged mouth formed by sharply'flaring outward the outer end of the wall thereof, whereby a combined cutting-edge and an easily-bent lip is formed. The hole 7 through which the pinpasses in countersunk as at 10 to facilitate the entrance of the pliable clip the pin when the sides of are pressed together.

The device is made ofa single piece of aluminum wire which'is partially flattened in a stamping press andthen bent between shaping dies to the required form.

The pin 6 which is formed of the unflattened portion of the wire, is bore-d to provide the sharp-edged socket in its working end and the opposite end of the flattened part is bored and countersunk to form the flaring hole 7 through which the pin passes.

To apply the tag to the ear 12 of an animal, a plier 18 of the-kind shown in Fig. 1 is used. The tag placed between the jaws 14 and 15 of the tool is held in place against shoulders 16 and 17 and a conical spread ing point 18 on one of the jaws registers with the hole of the tag to clench the end of the pin 6 after it has passed through the hole 7, as shown in Fig. 3.

With the tag occupying the position between the jaws of the tool shown in Fig. 1, the ear of the animal is presented between the sides thereof and the jaws are forced together upon the ear by gripping the handles of the tool. This movement of the sides of the clip causes the pin to punch a piece out of the ear into the socket at its end and then enter the hole to be-engaged by the clenching point 18 which upsets its cutting edge'over the edge of the hole as shown in Fig. 3. j The tag being thus securely fastened to the ear may swing without tearing or inflaming the opening through which it eX- tends, it fits closely to the ear and being made of a single piece of metal, is inexpensive, easily applied and strong and durable in use.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

The method of forming animal ear-tags from metallic rods, which consists in stamping a portion of the length of the rod in a stamplngpress to flatten the same, cutting a hole in one end of said flattened portion, bending up said flattened portion into U- shape between shaping-dies, and drilling a socket in the free end of the unflattened portion. i

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

PETER FRANK ELZI.

Patented July 26, 1921. 

